The Passage

A Passagem portrays a brief glimpse into the lives of Idalina 82 and Brazida 79 two Portuguese old shepherd women from Algarve who live in the middle of nowhere The film speaks volumes about their lives as well as the twilight of life itself Two old sisters with their Stoic philosophy tell the story of their hard works way of living as well as a tragedy of husbands accidental death and more than that tell the story of countless honourable poor people on every continent There is an unique interaction and universal human relationship between a Bangladeshi filmmaker and two old Portuguese shepherd despite language and sociocultural barrier This film was produced as a graduation film for the Erasmus Mundus DocNomads master program in documentary filmdirecting